WEBVAN TO EXPAND WITHOUT NEW DCS

FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Webvan Group here, which already sells groceries without building stores, is planning on going a step further and expand without building new warehouses.Webvan's recent rollout in Sacramento, Calif. -- supplied by its Oakland facility some 80 miles away -- has encouraged the e-tailer to examine further "satellite" service areas, according to George Shaheen, president and CEO.Speaking

FOSTER CITY, Calif. -- Webvan Group here, which already sells groceries without building stores, is planning on going a step further and expand without building new warehouses.

Webvan's recent rollout in Sacramento, Calif. -- supplied by its Oakland facility some 80 miles away -- has encouraged the e-tailer to examine further "satellite" service areas, according to George Shaheen, president and CEO.

Speaking at the Goldman Sachs Global Retailing conference in New York recently